1984 Toyota Corolla LX 1.6L

Summary:

This car is a SOLID old car; If you find one, GET IT!

Faults:

Electric radiator fans don't work anymore, need to re-wire them.

Small rust holes in the floor.

Big rust hole in the driver side quarter panel.

Just completed a a full out tune up of everything.

Slight valve tap that I have to check out.

Belts and hoses just replaced.

Solid car despite its faults.

General Comments:

This car is extremely light.

It is pretty fast, but I don't know for sure until it hits the track.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 16th April, 2005

1984 Toyota Corolla SR5 forgot

Summary:

Just won't quit

Faults:

The clutch had to be replaced, but I was a young driver just learning how to drive a straight.

After the car was wrecked, it was permanently out of line and went through tons of tires.

Neither of these can be blamed on Toyota.

Had a leaky master cylinder.

My biggest complaint is that I haven't been able to find another one.

General Comments:

Great little car!

Lots of miles on it and was still going strong when it was wrecked, and after :)

It was a nice looking car even though it was so old.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 6th February, 2004

1984 Toyota Corolla DX 1.6L gasoline

Summary:

Cheap and ugly, but fun

Faults:

Windshield wiper arm broke in pouring rain, sending the wiper blade flying off the car. Not easy to find a replacement that fit right at the junkyard, but it was cheap when I did.

Power steering started leaking and squealing, chronically, until I refilled it with Valvoline Dexron III with Seal Conditioner. (cheap fix)

CV axle was bad when I bought it, replaced it, and it works fine.

Oil, ATF, PS, and differential all leak (mostly slowly)

Engine pinging, mostly alleviated by running 90 octane (which also has the benefit of giving me extra power, enough to cruise at 85 to 90 without difficulty, and hit 100 if I have to/want to.)

General Comments:

AGILE AS A BICYCLE. It can make a U turn in two lanes. On asphalt, It can take turns at speeds no other vehicle I've driven could, and if it had less body roll, would probably be up there with a lot of sports cars. It can stop from 60 in a little over 100 feet.

LIGHTWEIGHT. I drove this thing onto snow machine trails, snow packed down enough to walk on, but which would get a lot of 4x4 trucks stuck. And I managed to turn around and drive out. It just didn't sink in.

It got over 40mpg on a 6 hour highway trip. (Drafting motorhomes and SUVs... it only did 35 mpg on the trip back with less traffic)

I am 6 foot 1, and this car fits me like a glove. 6 foot 2 inchers, stay away.

However, front wheel drive always has sucked, and always will suck on ice.

Also, KEEP THE TIRE PRESSURE BALANCED... in a car this light, every little asymmetry gets turned to vibration.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 11th July, 2002

1984 Toyota Corolla DX 1.8 I think

Summary:

A strong little car

Faults:

Almost nothing went wrong.

The car used to overheat, the good part was that the head gasket never blew.

I had to replace the transmission in 1998.

The thing that sucks is it got stolen 2 times in the same year.

General Comments:

You should get the 84 to 94 from Japan. The 95-2001, they made it in the US and it can get a lot of problems.

Would you buy another car from this manufacturer? Yes

Review Date: 8th June, 2001